1. In this tutorial I'll explain how you can create an image zoom effect using the magnifying glass. First of all you'll need a screenshot of something you want to magnify, in my case I searched for the word magnify on wikipedia and took a screenshot of it. Then I openened photoshop (edit - paste).....

An article that shows even a novice the powerful techniques...

You will understand here how create this plastic effect.

Create a spooky twirl with filters just in time for Halloween!

Create abstract by using a few simple filter effects!

Create a magical cartoon style sparkling effect on your favorite picture!

1. Document Creation Get started by finding a nice, suitable stock photo to work with. For this you'll want to use one of the following websites:

In this tutorial you will see howyou can curve some words on a wooden surface by the means of Adobe Photoshop.

This tutorial will show you how to create a realistic fire effect.

However in this tutorial I will show 4 ways to create swirls, and by mixing them you will learn some very powerful techniques that will allow you to easily make tons of different styles of swirls and crazy sperm vectors.